THE case of a Bosbury man charged with four offences of supplying class A drugs to others has been adjourned until next year. Wesley Reece Furber, of Forge Bank, Bosbury, appeared before Hereford Crown Court on Friday but the case was adjourned until
Herefordshire Council's ruling cabinet was set to consider the future of free car parking in Ledbury yesterday (Thursday). One option under discussion was to make the free car park at Lawnside Road a pay site. This would mean only Bridge Street car park
THE future of two old people's homes in Ledbury and Bromyard was due to be discussed behind closed doors yesterday (Thursday). Shaw Homes and Here-fordshire Council are set to agree a draft deal to transfer six homes, including Leadon Bank in Ledbury
Ledbury parishoners have sent £4,000 to the town's link parish of Mtwara in Tanzania, in response to drought and a plea for help from the Bishop of Masasi. In addition, generous donations from Ledbury people mean that a further £400 has been sent for
There will be a jumble sale on behalf of St John the Baptist Church, Eastnor, on Saturday, January 24, and organisers are seeking contributions of jumble. Anyone wishing to help should phone 01531 632252.
New Year projects being considered by Bishop's Frome and Fromes Hill Parish Council include replacing street lamps where necessary and creating "gateway" entrance points to the villages. Attention is also being given to where school buses drop children
A steering group is being formed to draw funds into the Ledbury area, after a £300,000 Market Towns Initiative windfall runs out in March 2005. The Mayor of Ledbury, Coun Keith Francis said the aim was to form a viable, sustainable group for the town
MORE than 40 people attended the Christmas meeting of the Bromsberrow Gardening Club on December 11 at Bromesberrow Village Hall. Television presenter and gardener Michael Leech gave a talk on "Winter colour in the garden". During the interval, a Christmas
The Light up a Life service for St Michael's Hospice was held on Sunday at Ledbury Parish Church. The event was described as very moving by town mayor Keith Francis. He said: "A couple of hundred people were there. Two children carried a Book of Remembrance
A Much Cowarne ferret-keeper is attempting to find the owner of a ferret which he believes must be someone's pet. Jeremy Williams (pictured above) keeps working ferrets for rabbiting, but he is fairly certain the stray ferret that is currently in his
Traidcraft fair trading organisation will be running a regular stall in Ledbury starting in the New Year. Local organiser Anne Tattershall said: "From January, we will hold a regular stall after the 9.30am service at St Michael and All Angels Church,
LEDBURY SWIFTS U16s 2 LEOMINSTER MINORS U16s 1 LEDBURY Swifts entertained high flying Leominster Minors in this U16s league game and got off to the worst possible start. Goalie Tom Smith dropped an early shot and in the ensuing scramble it was a Leominster
LEDBURY Swifts entertained their stable mates Ledbury Swifts Rangers in the Herefordshire Junior Football League on Saturday. LEDBURY SWIFTS U10s 5, LEDBURY SWIFTS RANGERS U10s 0 The heavy rain, earlier in the day, had made the pitch very soft and from
BROMYARD Tourist Information Centre is due to move to the new Bromyard Centre in Cruxwell Street on January 5. A new supervisor Alan Simpson has been appointed to oversee the move with funds secured from Herefordshire Council's Market Towns Initiative
TOOLS and a trailer were stolen from a garden shed in Stoke Lacy last week. The shed was broken into between 4pm on Wednesday and noon on Thursday. The garden tools were loaded onto the trailer, which was kept in the shed and wheeled across the garden
LEDBURY Town will be hoping to be back in action tomorrow (Saturday) when they are due to entertain Bustleholme (2.45) at New Street. The Town have been left kicking their heels since their league match with neighbours Wellington on December 3. On Saturday
FOLLOWING two comfortable wins, Ledbury Girls U16s took on arch rivals Hereford. LEDBURY GIRLS U16S 1, HEREFORD GIRLS U16S 0 In the past Hereford have always come out on top due to the size of their club. Ledbury started strongly but found it difficult
COLWALL Cricket Club's annual Christmas draw takes place tomorrow (Saturday) at Peter's Fruit and Veg (Colwall) at 11am. There will be a first prize of £100 and 100 other prizes to be won. There are a few tickets left (£1 each) and they can be obtained
CAROL singers will be touring Colwall on Monday, starting at 6.30pm at Colwall Stone and taking in Chevenham and the Colwall Park Hotel.
LEDBURY Mixed B team started the winter season off against Malvern Civil Service with a win. Their second match against Boughton C with pairings J Higgs and A Dodds, B Onions and G Bridges ended in a winning draw. Both pairs won two and lost two. The
MARCHES BRIDGE FOR ALL BC Pat Jenkins, county events officer, was guest of honour and presented the year's prizes. Wednesday Pairs: N/S 1 Christine Williams and Daphne Bird 58, 2 Jeff Andrews and Ed Bourne 55, 3 Gianpaolo Vigliar and Mariella Hayward-Cook
SATURDAY FOOTBALL WEST MIDLANDS LEAGUE Premier Division: Bromyard Town v Malvern Town, Ledbury Town v Bustleholme. Division One South: Gornal Athletic v Malvern Town Reserves - postponed, Malvern Rangers v Blackheath Town (1.45), Cradley Town Reserves
LEDBURY U14s concluded their pre-Christmas fixture list with a good win against Bromyard. LEDBURY U14s 31pts, BROMYARD U14s 17 pts A record 21 members of the Ledbury squad arrived at the club, showing the strength in depth that the team is now able to
LEDBURY U12s played hosts to local rivals Bromyard on Sunday, and provided an excellent display of forwards supremacy and free-flowing running from the backs. LEDBURY U12s 33pts, BROMYARD U12s 7pts In spite of this it was the visitors who opened the scoring
FRESH delays have hit the long-awaited redevelopment of Newent's Bennions site, which had been due to start in January. The latest delay is over how the developer, Cannerton Properties Ltd, should pay money promised to the Forest of Dean District Council
The Mayor of Newent, Coun Fred Passant, has praised a re-telling of the nativity story at St Mary's Church. He said: "It was excellent and quite well attended. I was there on the Saturday, among around 100 people. It was entertaining, while putting a
A Christmas party has been cancelled and a minute's silence held for much-loved Ledbury pensioner, Joan Robinson, who died in a car crash on the Hereford Road on Friday. Mrs Robinson, aged 78, of New Street, was best known as the chairman of the popular
Two Ledbury retailers have decided to stop selling fur following a series of animal right protests outside their High Street businesses. The crunch came on Saturday when the photograph of one of the retailers was publicly burnt in the street and police
A VETERAN Poppy Appeal organiser is standing down after 45 years' dedicated service to the cause. Phillip Powell, of Moorend Farm, Ashperton, has collected £22,561 for the appeal in the Little Marcle district since 1958, but personal circumstances mean
THOUSANDS of hunt supporters are expected to fill Ledbury town centre for the annual Boxing Day Meet. Ledbury hunt supporters are expecting more people than ever to flock to what is one of the town's main events of the year. At last year's event some
MORE than 100 guests attended the Ledbury in Bloom gala evening to look back on another successful year and pay tribute to outgoing chairman Tom Deane. Mr Deane decided to step down after piloting Ledbury to a remarkable run of victories, including a
There is still a shortage of bell ringers at St Mary's Church in Dymock. Spokesman Pam Warren said: "We still need more ringers for our six bells. There are only five of us, and Nancy Bennion has, very unfortunately, broken her wrist and will not be us
RESIDENTS of Castle Frome, Bishop's Frome and Fromes Hill are planning a local history weekend, to take place in May as a celebration of bygone times. Preliminary public meetings are being arranged for the New Year and people are being encouraged to bring
damage was caused to Bishop's Frome Village Centre during a late-night party. David Powell, management committee chairman, said: "Someone kicked a hole in one of the doors in the ladies' toilet. "We also apologise to residents about the noise from the
GARY Bills, of the Ledbury Reporter, is celebrating an early Christmas present, having been placed equal first in a readers' popularity poll organised by the Orbis international literary journal. He said: "I've won popularity polls before with the Reach
Ledbury Parish Church's Christmas bazaar is being hailed as a great success. Team vicar, Rev John Blundell, said almost twice as much as expected had been raised for church funds. He said: "We were hoping to raise £600, and we made £1,128. It was a great
The Ledbury branch of Amnesty International has held its annual greeting card-writing evening and 20 members attended. The session took place at the Leadon Bank Day Centre and 140 cards were sent to victims of injustice throughout the world. The group's
The Mayor of Ledbury Coun Keith Francis went on police patrol on Saturday and found the town quiet and peaceful. Coun Francis stayed on the beat with Inspector Sue Thomas and other officers until 2am on Sunday morning but there were no arrests or incidents
THE game of the day was once again in The Soccer Site Malvern League Division Two and again it involved Madresfield in another 11-goal thriller. This time however, Madresfield didn't throw away their advantage and took the points with a 6-5 victory over
A PAGEANT celebrating Bromyard's colourful past could be staged in the town next year. The event has been inspired by a frieze due to be installed in the new Bromyard Centre and could involve elephants, in memory of a circus stranded in the town during
A PAGEANT celebrating Bromyard's colourful past could be staged in the town next year. The event has been inspired by a frieze due to be installed in the new Bromyard Centre and could involve elephants, in memory of a circus stranded in the town during
A memorial has been put up in Bromyard for a man who loved the town's folk festival. Kevin Healey, from Dudley, died from cancer in February at the age of 57. A flowering cherry tree and plaque has been put up in his memory outside the Bromyard town council
A FENCE has been erected to prevent vandals from driving across an area of public land in Bromyard . As reported in the Malvern Gazette & Ledbury Reporter last week, a car had been driven across the green next to the Public Hall, churning up and damaging
LEDBURY 1st XV put in a good performance against Midlands Three West (South) promotion-chasing Old Coventrians. OLD COVENTRIANS 24pts, LEDBURY 3pts Ledbury started the game well and forced Old Coventrians on the back foot. Second row Matt Williams and
COLWALL Cricket Club held their annual dinner dance in the beautiful surroundings of the Worcestershire Golf Club and it was one that will be remembered by all 125 who attended. The room was adorned in the club colours, menus/programme in the design of
A temporary building in the grounds of Colwall church may remain in place for a further three years. Colwall Parochial Church Council has submitted an application to renew the temporary planning permission for a further three years. The building has been
THE Pax Singers will lend their voices to a traditional service of lessons and carols at All Saints in Coddington on Sunday at 3pm.
RIVAL boss Colin Addison has tipped his former club Hereford United for a return to the Football League. Addison, now in charge of Forest Green Rovers, has touted the Bulls as promotion favourites but will pull out all the stops to halt their Conference
CARDIFF City manager Lennie Lawrence could move to sign Hereford United's Wales semi-professional international midfielder Paul Parry next week. Parry recently spent a week training at Ninian Park and played in the reserves' friendly at Derby. "Cardiff
Businesses in Newent can now benefit from Internet broadband connections, after the system went live for its first customers last week. The need for the faster connection has been championed by the Newent Chamber of Commerce and, following a high profile
Newent artist Mike Thurston has raised £4,500 for Sheppard House day centre over the last three years through sales of his book, A Brush With The Past. The publication is a collection of Mr Thurston's memories of Newent and contains photographs and paintings
Newent householders have been given a look at the town's future in a new brochure from the Newent Initiative group. Group chairman, Coun Fred Passant, said the publication was "the biggest communications boost so far by the Newent Initiative". He said
New traffic-calming measures in Foley Road are not likely to be introduced until 2005 or even later, following a speed survey and a public consultation. Patrick Tiffney, of Gloucestershire County Council, said the consultation would probably start after
Picklenash Junior School in Newent is celebrating sell-out Christmas shows this year. Two musical extravaganzas have been entertaining audiences this week. On Monday afternoon, 100 proud parents, relatives and friends enjoyed the Year 6 production Hot
